- Gerard Butler set a few women's hearts racing when he showed up unexpectedly at the Cinema Society & Laura Mercier-hosted after-party for Hilary Swank's "Conviction" on Tuesday. But then, well, nothing happened. Although a number of beauties went in for the kill at the SoHo Grand's new Club Room, including one bonnie lass from Butler's native Scotland, the actor stuck to his mates. John Mayer, who has Jennifer Aniston in common with the actor, also showed up with College Humor co-creator Ricky van Veen. Swank, meanwhile, hung at the soiree with an old friend: real-estate power broker Robbie Brown, who Swank met when she was preparing for her 1999 movie "Boys Don’t Cry."